INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20130097207A1
• Filed: 09/06/2012
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SASSA, Akira
• Application Number:
  US13/604,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20130097207A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including a metadata reception portion that receives metadata that is attached to content data and transmitted, a metadata analysis portion that analyzes the metadata received by the metadata reception portion, and a content data storage portion that determines a storage method of the content data based on a result of the analysis by the metadata analysis portion. Based on the analysis by the metadata analysis portion, the content data storage portion changes a directory structure when storing the content data, in accordance with a content of a predetermined element of the metadata received by the metadata reception portion.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a metadata reception portion that receives metadata that is attached to content data and transmitted;

a metadata analysis portion that analyzes the metadata received by the metadata reception portion; and

a content data storage portion that determines a storage method of the content data based on a result of the analysis by the metadata analysis portion;

wherein

based on the analysis by the metadata analysis portion, the content data storage portion changes a directory structure when storing the content data, in accordance with a content of a predetermined element of the metadata received by the metadata reception portion.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

based on the analysis by the metadata analysis portion, the content data storage portion changes the directory structure when storing the content data, in accordance with whether a predetermined element of the metadata is limited to being used in the information processing device itself.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

based on the analysis by the metadata analysis portion, the content data storage portion changes the directory structure when storing the content data, in accordance with whether a predetermined element of the metadata is used in common between elements of a higher hierarchy than the predetermined element.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

identification information is assigned to the metadata received by the metadata reception portion, the identification information identifying a device model when the content data is different for each device model, even with same content.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein

the content data storage portion determines the directory structure without taking the identification information into consideration when storing the content data.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein

when a content version is upgraded, the content data storage portion changes the directory structure when storing the content data, in accordance with how the content version is upgraded.

7. An information processing method comprising:

receiving metadata that is attached to content data and transmitted;

analyzing the metadata received in the metadata receiving step; and

determining a storage method of the content data based on a result of the analysis in the metadata analyzing step,

wherein

based on the analysis by the metadata analyzing step, the content data storing step changes a directory structure when storing the content data, in accordance with a content of a predetermined element of the metadata received in the metadata receiving step.

8. A computer program comprising instructions that command a computer to perform:

receiving metadata that is attached to content data and transmitted;

analyzing the metadata received in the metadata receiving step; and

determining a storage method of the content data based on a result of the analysis in the metadata analyzing step,

wherein

based on the analysis by the metadata analyzing step, the content data storing step changes a directory structure when storing the content data, in accordance with a content of a predetermined element of the metadata received in the metadata receiving step.